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Table 270. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2008-09
[In current dollars]  
State or jurisdiction All insti-tutions Public institutions Not-for-profit institutions For-profit insti- tutions
Total 4-year institutions 2-year Total 4-year institutions 2-year
Total Doctoral1 Master's2 Other Total Doctoral1 Master's2 Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States $73,570 $71,237 $75,245 $81,485 $66,700 $62,475 $61,433 $79,358 $79,554 $97,702 $67,324 $65,522 $44,302 $52,557
Alabama 63,086 64,645 69,198 72,769 59,032 68,352 53,220 54,675 54,675 68,717 54,022 47,876
Alaska 68,104 68,659 68,603 70,151 67,492 75,472 54,209 54,209 54,209
Arizona 75,466 76,007 80,469 80,469 67,921 55,739 55,739 40,237 64,448 63,912
Arkansas 54,600 54,828 59,677 66,021 51,993 55,010 43,128 53,319 53,319 55,943 51,399
California 87,736 86,049 89,809 102,078 77,680 71,245 81,765 94,773 94,909 105,468 79,040 88,890 62,991 68,821
                             
Colorado 68,753 67,636 71,528 78,352 57,697 55,539 49,338 76,485 76,485 78,473 75,991 51,824 51,390
Connecticut 90,314 83,590 87,922 99,894 76,374 70,449 98,126 98,126 118,151 84,013 77,179 45,490
Delaware 85,476 85,941 90,935 94,470 65,480 63,686 81,080 81,080 61,582 100,835
District of Columbia 88,635 78,932 78,932 78,454 85,278 91,487 91,487 92,640 78,241 52,283
Florida 68,068 67,215 71,664 76,734 63,243 60,518 52,738 70,522 70,522 83,157 66,826 53,037 88,304
                             
Georgia 67,190 66,001 68,128 81,422 57,028 50,282 46,760 70,456 70,666 93,680 62,981 55,540 55,528 42,000
Hawaii 78,957 81,325 86,586 91,265 71,505 70,071 69,049 68,855 68,855 63,240 86,087
Idaho 57,786 58,458 60,118 61,869 59,757 49,141 49,160 50,935 50,935 49,020 52,415
Illinois 75,346 70,507 73,756 79,571 61,667 64,566 82,725 82,901 105,247 64,206 62,201 38,004 33,192
Indiana 69,408 69,076 72,799 78,145 59,200 54,592 45,219 70,111 70,259 95,408 60,436 59,845 43,093 39,985
                             
Iowa 67,526 71,915 82,343 86,921 65,847 51,400 59,879 59,879 58,024 59,357 60,444
Kansas 62,666 65,322 72,275 78,223 58,819 60,351 48,888 46,137 46,390 49,453 41,076 39,941 40,000
Kentucky 60,003 61,384 66,203 78,108 59,534 49,103 54,474 54,474 61,304 48,837 56,889
Louisiana 63,098 61,824 63,980 72,432 55,885 57,807 50,573 69,400 69,400 82,084 63,366 52,693 45,000
Maine 70,138 67,178 70,224 76,500 73,173 56,479 54,586 75,373 75,565 54,660 86,301 58,264
                             
Maryland 73,023 72,457 76,057 88,029 65,484 65,426 75,103 75,103 91,836 68,430 72,324
Massachusetts 91,612 74,391 79,992 90,300 69,726 60,200 99,351 99,494 114,790 81,855 80,206 52,515 53,878
Michigan 77,147 79,589 80,787 84,356 68,284 54,918 74,237 63,349 63,349 45,630 61,108 65,375
Minnesota 70,044 71,351 77,573 94,300 68,319 59,220 61,523 67,425 67,433 67,223 63,823 69,581 41,256 40,126
Mississippi 55,302 55,667 60,225 62,602 50,465 49,495 52,073 52,073 56,707 39,662
                             
Missouri 66,082 63,537 66,698 73,326 58,098 57,068 53,540 71,233 71,612 88,555 55,798 50,605 48,030 52,745
Montana 56,689 58,350 61,125 64,168 55,677 48,435 41,786 43,354 44,769 40,822 45,848 34,077
Nebraska 64,340 66,923 72,146 78,026 58,195 49,373 57,693 57,732 71,232 52,888 50,095 45,240
Nevada 79,794 80,216 81,709 89,145 67,202 63,195 62,802 62,802 62,802 53,580
New Hampshire 80,335 76,729 84,608 93,396 71,060 79,127 49,874 86,103 86,103 112,768 66,806 60,516 47,364
                             
New Jersey 89,013 86,968 94,427 98,116 90,170 68,821 93,781 93,781 111,787 72,640 62,959 58,640
New Mexico 61,853 61,500 67,632 73,274 55,896 45,087 47,062 70,995 70,995 76,805 64,217
New York 82,642 76,180 80,096 92,583 77,077 70,554 67,773 89,041 89,288 99,952 72,568 79,701 47,620 41,892
North Carolina 67,498 64,880 77,643 83,046 68,898 67,639 47,331 76,300 76,416 101,230 55,743 55,496 36,389
North Dakota 54,551 56,877 58,822 64,538 52,085 45,853 44,119 40,935 46,552 49,011 44,381 20,339
                             
Ohio 69,235 70,766 74,227 76,439 69,724 57,588 58,185 65,988 66,046 79,927 59,383 66,066 56,651 37,780
Oklahoma 61,106 61,223 64,758 74,679 55,535 47,723 47,932 60,590 60,590 63,477 42,909
Oregon 64,928 63,880 66,497 70,070 54,578 56,705 60,211 68,151 68,151 59,234 71,672 67,562
Pennsylvania 77,822 75,247 78,274 85,872 74,055 63,882 58,666 80,862 81,101 98,297 69,413 71,990 41,565 36,960
Rhode Island 82,332 71,330 75,110 81,830 62,994 59,617 89,110 89,110 93,215 83,485 114,596
                             
South Carolina 59,920 61,508 68,918 77,755 62,230 53,103 46,492 52,851 53,182 53,650 52,491 38,577 125,743
South Dakota 55,667 57,484 59,903 60,589 61,041 41,736 44,556 48,579 48,579 47,598 49,155 36,775
Tennessee 63,167 60,962 65,308 68,345 59,946 46,984 67,685 67,685 92,784 51,874 54,094 27,532
Texas 69,131 68,029 74,035 79,941 60,852 51,206 54,510 74,682 74,908 87,080 64,911 59,610 33,137 21,430
Utah 71,309 64,770 67,810 77,045 58,361 57,961 49,790 89,305 89,658 92,672 65,180 56,641
                             
Vermont 69,851 69,505 69,505 75,162 58,219 55,326 70,193 73,487 76,985 52,172 43,065
Virginia 71,924 74,242 78,740 85,851 64,873 66,540 57,742 64,539 64,539 63,943 66,522 63,239
Washington 67,287 67,215 74,658 81,718 66,315 54,137 55,328 67,637 67,637 71,754 66,582 66,715 58,968
West Virginia 57,440 59,333 61,764 73,454 57,638 51,321 45,352 45,924 45,924 49,092 45,745 44,552
Wisconsin 68,531 70,148 69,973 79,971 58,249 86,476 70,493 62,286 62,384 72,233 58,235 55,381 49,631
Wyoming 68,020 68,020 76,719 76,719 58,089
                             
U.S. Service Academies 113,473 113,473 113,473 113,473
                             
Other jurisdictions 58,497 58,822 62,896 69,777 56,251 31,329 33,971 33,971 33,971
American Samoa 28,336 28,336 28,336 28,336
Federated States of
   Micronesia
20,727 20,727 20,727
Guam 56,815 56,815 63,389 63,389 47,327
Marshall Islands 26,335 26,335 26,335
Northern Marianas 41,592 41,592 41,592 41,592
Palau 17,321 17,321 17,321
Puerto Rico 64,208 64,772 64,772 72,836 58,603 33,971 33,971 33,971
U.S. Virgin Islands 59,906 59,906 59,906 59,906
†Not applicable.
1 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.
2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more master's degrees, but less than 20 doctor's degrees, during the previous academic year.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2008-09. (This table was prepared July 2009.)

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